curriculum vitae

Education

  • 2009 Ph.D. Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 2001 A.B. Biology, The University of Chicago

Positions 

  • 2018- Current: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University

  • 2010-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow. Dept. of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Grants and Awards

  • National Institutes of Health - National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2014-2015.

  • Poitras Predoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering - 2006-2007

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Computational Neuroscience Fellowship - 2000.

  • National Science Foundation - Undergraduate Research Fellowship - 1998.

Teaching Experience

  • Instructor - Neurobiology of Animal Behavior, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, BU (Spring 2019)

  • Instructor - Introduction to Algebra Prison Teaching Initiative, Princeton University and Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility (2017).

  • Undergraduate Mentor Rhino Nevers, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University (2017-2018).

  • Undergraduate Mentor Elyssa Nascimento, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University (2012-2013).

  • Undergraduate Mentor Abigail Clark, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT (2007-2009).

  • Teaching Assistant, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT - 2005 & 2006.

Professional Service

  • Next Generation Leader, Allen Institute for Brain Science. 2016-2018.

  • Cell Types and Connections Advisory Council, Allen Institute for Brain Science. 2017-2019.

  • Instructor, Prison Teaching Initiative, Princeton University. 2017

Publications

  • Scott B.B., Thiberge Y.S., Guo C., Tervo D.G.R., Brody C.D., Karpova, A.Y. and Tank D.W. (2018) Imaging cortical dynamics in GCaMP transgenic rats with a head-mounted widefield macroscope. Neuron, 100(5), pp.1045-1058.

  • Scott B.B., Constantinople C.M., Akrami A., Hanks T., Brody C.D. and Tank D.W. (2017) Fronto-parietal cortical circuits encode accumulated evidence with a diversity of timescales. Neuron. DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.013 Video Abstract PDF

  • Scott B.B., Constantinople C.M., Erlich J.C., Tank D.W. and Brody C.D. (2015) Sources of noise during accumulation of evidence in unrestrained and voluntarily head- restrained rats. eLife. 2015;10.7554/eLife.11308 Open Access

  • Scott B.B., Brody C.D. and Tank D.W. (2013) Cellular resolution functional imaging in behaving rats using voluntary head restraint. Neuron. 80, 1-14. PDF

  • Scott B.B., Gardner T., Ji N., Fee M.S. and Lois C. (2012) Wandering neuronal migration in the postnatal vertebrate forebrain. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 1436-46. PDF

  • Churchland M.M., Yu B.M., Cunnigham J.P., Sugrue L.P., Cohen M.R., Corrado G.S., Newsome W.T., Clark A.M., Hosseini P., Scott B.B., et al. (2010) Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon. Nature Neuroscience, 13, 369-78.

  • Agate R.J., Scott B.B., Haripal B., Lois C., and Nottebohm F. (2009) Transgenic songbirds offer an opportunity to develop a genetic model for vocal learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 106:17963-7

  • Scott B.B. and Lois C. (2007) Developmental origin and identity of song system neurons born during vocal learning in songbirds. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 502, 202-214

  • Scott B.B. and Lois C. (2006) Generation of transgenic birds with replication-decient lentiviruses. Nature Protocols. 1, 1406-1411

  • Purushothaman G., Scott B.B. and Bradley D.C. (2006) An acute method for multi-eletrode recording from the interior of sulci and other deep brain areas. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 153, 86-94

  • Scott B.B. and Lois, C. (2005) Generation of tissue-specic transgenic birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 102, 16443-7.

Reviews

  • Scott B.B., Velho T.A., Sim S. and Lois C. (2010) Applications of avian transgenesis. ILAR J. 51, 353-61

  • Scott B.B. and Santana N.E. (2009) The wanderlust of newborn neocortical interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 29, 7114-5.

  • Chen J.Z., Chen S.C.Y. Stern P., Scott B.B. and Lois C. (2008) Genetic strategy to prevent inuenza virus infections in animals. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197, S25-S28

  • Scott B.B. and Lois C. (2006) Production of Transgenic Birds Using Lentiviral Vectors. in S. Pease, C. Lois (eds.), Mammalian and Avian Transgenics : New Approaches. Springer

References

  • David Tank, Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Co-Director, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton NJ

  • Carlos Brody, Professor of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton NJ

  • Carlos Lois, Research Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

  • Michale Fee, Investigator, McGovern Institute, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Lectures

  • The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy. May 2017

  • NTNU, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Trondheim, Norway. March 2017

  • Humboldt University, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany. March 2017

  • UCL, Institute of Behavioral Neuroscience, London, UK. March 2017

  • CMU, Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2017

  • Allen Institute, Showcase Symposium, Seattle, WA. December 2016. Video online

  • New York University, Neuroscience Institute, New York City, NY. December 2016.

  • Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE), Timescales of dynamics in neural networks workshop, Snowbird, UT. March 2016.

  • Rockefeller University, Birdsong Workshop, Field Research Center for Ecology and Ethology, Millbrook, NY. July 2008

  • Rockefeller University, Birdsong Workshop, Field Research Center for Ecology and Ethology, Millbrook, NY. July 2007

  • Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. October 2006.

  • Rockefeller University, Birdsong Workshop, Field Research Center for Ecology and Ethology, Millbrook, NY. July 2006

  • Society for Developmental Biology Northeast Regional Meeting, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. April 2005.